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Granit Xhaka joked Arsenal’s Lucas Torreira wants to be like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette after the Uruguay international’s overhead kick gave the Gunners a 1-0 victory over Huddersfield Town.

Torreira dispatched an acrobatic effort in the 83rd minute to move the Gunners into the Premier League’s top four and extend their unbeaten run to 21 games in all competitions.

Though Arsenal started with the Premier League’s joint-top scorer Aubameyang and Lacazette together in attack, it was Torreira, who only scored his first Arsenal goal earlier this month, who proved to be their match-winner.

“I think he wants to be like Aubameyang or Lacazette!” Xhaka told BBC Sport.

“It was an important goal for the whole team because it was not easy.”